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La Plata vs. Moscow Cost of Living Summary

La Plata is 5.1% cheaper than Moscow.

Restaurants: pay 12.4% more in La Plata
Groceries: pay 7.4% more in La Plata
Transportation: pay 7.2% less in La Plata
Housing: pay 7.1% less in La Plata
Childcare: pay 52.8% less in La Plata
Entertainment and Sports: pay 11.1% less in La Plata
Clothing: pay 23.0% more in La Plata

The cost of clothing, restaurants, and groceries in La Plata are more expensive than in Moscow. Expenses including childcare, entertainment and sports, transportation, and housing are lower in La Plata.

La Plata vs. Moscow Cost Breakdown

If you lived in La Plata instead of Moscow, you would:

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pay 12.4% more for restaurants

	Moscow	La Plata
Basic meal with drink at inexpensive restaurant	$11.93 RUB872.40	$15.00 ARS21,967.12	+25.7%
Fast food combo meal McDonalds, or similar	$5.97 RUB436.20	$5.25 ARS7,688.49	-12.0%
Bottle of Coca-Cola (11 fl. oz)	$1.38 RUB101.06	$1.38 ARS2,013.65	-0.5%
Bottle of water (11 fl. oz)	$0.61 RUB44.71	$0.83 ARS1,220.40	+36.3%
Average			+12.4%

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pay 7.4% more for groceries

	Moscow	La Plata
Bread 1 loaf	$0.85 RUB61.86	$1.62 ARS2,377.94	+91.9%
Local cheese (8 oz)	$6.27 RUB458.36	$3.80 ARS5,565.00	-39.4%
Milk (1 gallon)	$4.62 RUB337.76	$4.49 ARS6,569.22	-2.9%
Eggs 1 dozen	$1.68 RUB122.99	$2.24 ARS3,273.10	+32.8%
Boneless chicken breast (1 lb)	$2.46 RUB180.06	$2.57 ARS3,768.19	+4.5%
Apples (1 lb)	$0.81 RUB59.16	$1.13 ARS1,657.37	+39.8%
Bananas (1 lb)	$0.87 RUB63.61	$0.85 ARS1,237.77	-2.9%
Oranges (1 lb)	$0.90 RUB65.93	$0.51 ARS750.63	-43.2%
Tomatoes (1 lb)	$1.64 RUB119.87	$1.14 ARS1,668.93	-30.5%
Potatoes (1 lb)	$0.43 RUB31.20	$0.34 ARS498.21	-20.3%
Onions (1 lb)	$0.34 RUB24.75	$0.51 ARS750.63	+51.4%
Average			+7.4%

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pay 7.2% less for transportation

	Moscow	La Plata
Gasoline (1 gallon)	$2.84 RUB207.50	$3.68 ARS5,386.57	+29.6%
Monthly public transit pass	$36.64 RUB2,678.25	$9.00 ARS13,180.27	-75.4%
New Volkswagen Golf 1.4 (standard edition)	$36,994.59 RUB3M	$25,000.00 ARS37M	-32.4%
Taxi trip in downtown area (5 miles)	$5.73 RUB418.75	$8.57 ARS12,550.55	+49.6%
Average			-7.2%

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pay 7.1% less for housing

	Moscow	La Plata
Internet connection 50 mbps or faster, cable/dsl	$7.82 RUB571.38	$23.25 ARS34,049.04	+197.5%
1-Bedroom apartment in downtown area	$1,253.04 RUB91,601.48	$298.55 ARS437K	-76.2%
1-Bedroom apartment outside city center	$709.24 RUB51,848.03	$183.33 ARS268K	-74.2%
Utilities for two (700 sq ft apartment) including electric, gas, water, heating	$110.60 RUB8,084.89	$27.13 ARS39,733.42	-75.5%
Average			-7.1%

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pay 52.8% less for childcare

	Moscow	La Plata
Private preschool for 1 child, monthly	$656.36 RUB47,981.73	$367.39 ARS538K	-44.0%
Middle school for 1 child, two semesters	$14,285.88 RUB1M	$5,496.25 ARS8M	-61.5%
Average			-52.8%

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pay 11.1% less for entertainment and sports

	Moscow	La Plata
Domestic/local beer (1 pint)	$4.18 RUB305.34	$3.00 ARS4,393.42	-28.2%
Cappuccino in mid-range area	$3.16 RUB230.76	$3.67 ARS5,369.74	+16.2%
Pack of cigarettes Marlboro or similar	$2.98 RUB218.10	$3.00 ARS4,393.42	+0.6%
Monthly membership at local gym	$44.58 RUB3,258.85	$22.01 ARS32,236.75	-50.6%
Movie ticket to theater/cinema	$6.56 RUB479.82	$6.98 ARS10,222.03	+6.3%
Average			-11.1%

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pay 23.0% more for clothing

	Moscow	La Plata
Regular jeans Levi's brand	$76.06 RUB5,559.92	$91.23 ARS134K	+20.0%
Regular dress from H&M or similar store	$47.73 RUB3,489.58	$89.00 ARS130K	+86.4%
Running shoes Nike or Adidas	$122.95 RUB8,987.74	$122.33 ARS179K	-0.5%
Men's business shoes (leather)	$156.80 RUB11,462.30	$134.94 ARS198K	-13.9%
Average			+23.0%

Moscow vs. La Plata - Cost of clothing

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The statistics used to build this comparison are calculated using data from users just like you. We average the price of thousands of data points entered by users across the world. Learn more about our data sources. Page last updated: June 2026

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